William J. Drake's Page

"Thanks Bill."

"No problem Amr. This space was created in light of conversations about development and CB concerns with respect to developing countries in ICANN. It was not intended to be about building the capacity of NCUC members; it's more advocacy than…"

"Forgive me if my rambling has created confusion or started discussions out of the intended scope of this group. My understanding upon joining this group was that its purpose was to come up with a mechanism for building capacities of new-comers to…"

"There's actually three topics mixed in this thread: 1) outreach and broadened engagement by NC; 2) outreach and broadened engagement by ICANN; and 3) ICANN's general orientation toward development concerns, and the role of developing…"

"Absolutely Alex."

"@Rafik @Bill thanks for your insightful contributions! @Amr, Hope ICANN is getting clearer? But trust me, I still find many of its corners pretty dark and still need others to shed light for me to know what goes on there. Noted:Your initial post…"

"Hi, the topic of outreach is not new, in fact NCUC/NCSG succeeded to expand its membership dramatically in two years and still getting interested members to join. I participated in GNSO working group which made report with several recommendations…"

"Thanks for the update Bill. One of the first things I discovered when joining the NCUC was the issue with the NCSG charter. I figured that was an important piece of information to learn for any new-comer. I do hope the ICANN BOD does move as soon as…"

"Amr, greetings from the IGF consultation at the UN, and thanks for the input, glad you're on board. The various discussions within ICANN on outreach and expanded participation by developing country stakeholders are certainly relevant to the…"

"Hello members..., I joined the NCUC at the end of July 2010 and have been trying to learn more about the different issues our constituency is working on for the past two months or so. Reading all the emails in our list combined with the NCUC Social…"